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Sophie Doughty

Lee Matthewson: Newcastle United fan killed in senseless attack

With just one blow killer Shane Gray ended Lee Matthewson's life, when the pair came together during a row that had nothing to do with either of them.

The 21-year-old victim went to a house in Ashington, Northumberland, with a friend who wanted to confront Gray's brother about a girl.

But Gray, of Wansbeck Street, North Seaton,, ended up picking up a kitchen knife and plunging it into Newcastle United fan Lee's chest, in 2009.

Lee, from Amble, Northumberland, collapsed in the street and, despite emergency surgery at Wansbeck Hospital, he died a few hours later.

Gray, who was just 19 at the time, was charged with murder, but prosecutors accepted a plea of manslaughter and was jailed for five years.

Find out more about the Knife Angel here.

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